Shoe-cleaning device



Patented @et 23, 1923.

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STANLEY, WISCONSIN. 'Y

SHOE-CLEANING DEVICE.

To alltuzom it m-aycon-cern Be vitflmown that I, Minn Bzowina citizen ofv Poland, residing at Stanley, county of Chippewa., 'and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Shoe-Cleaning Devices, of which the following is aspeciication r1`his invention relates to improvements in shoe cleaning devices, V.and it is the principal object of the invention to `provide a device of this character adapted to be operated by a suitablemotor to clean and polish foot wear of every 'description thoroughly.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device off this vcharacter whichr is `adapted to clean `simultaneously'the sole as -well as the upper'leather, thev heels, and welt 'of adhering dirt and to polish the same. v

A further object of the invention isthe provision of a device of this kind which is extremely simple in its construction as well asconvenient to use. f ,y

Other objects and advantages of my invention will lbecome more fully known as i the description thereof proceeds, reference being had to the accompanying dra-wing forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a machine constructed according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side view thereof, and

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 l seen from the opposite side.

The machine comprises a frame composed of the side walls 10 and 11, connected at one of their ends by cross bars 12.

Between the walls 10 and 11. a removable drawer 13, provided with a handle 14 is slidably arranged adapted to collect the dirt removed from a shoe 15.

The power derived from any suitable motor is transmitted to the machine by means r of'a belt 16 guided over a pulley 17 rotating around a stub shaft 18 at the upper end of a vertical post 19 secured at its lower end to theside wall 11 of the machine.

The lower end of the post 19 carries a belt pulley 20 over which a belt 21 is guided, which is also guided over a pulley 22 at the upper end of the post 19.

On the shaft 23 of the pulley 20, a gear 24 is secured, in mesh with a larger gear 25, on the end of a shaft 26 projecting application lues Narren i6, 1922. `serial No. 544,300.

out of the side wall 11 and journaled in the side walls 10 andj11. Between both vwalls the shaft 26 carries -a brush ,27l forfcleaning the heel part of ay shoe. The gear .24 is also in mesh with a gear 28 on .a shaft 29 transversely ljournaled between. walls 10 and 11l and carrying` between these walls a brush 30 for cleaning the sole. of av shoe.

Near the inner faces of walls 10and 11 f.;

the shaft 29 carriesbevel gears 31 and32 in mesh with similar bevel gears 33 andV 34 on vertical shafts 35 and 36 journaled in suitable windowsvk 37 and 38 respectively in the side walls 10 and 11. l ,Y The vertical shaftsV carry .brushes 39 and 40` for cleaning the sides of ya shoe. The gear 28 is also in mesh 'with a gear 41 on .a shaft V42, secured to the outer Vwall of side wall 11, and gear 41 in turn is in mesh with a gear 43 on theouter end of va shaft 44 extending through. side `wall 11 and transversely journaled between walls 10'andl 11 and carrying between these walls afbrush 45. vfor cleaningt'he upper. leathervv of a shoe. c

The outer end` of shaft 44 is extended through the side wall 10 and carries asprocket wheel 46 over which is guided a chain 47 which is also guided over a sprocket wheel 48 on the outer end of a transverse shaft 49 which carries between the side walls 10 and 11 a brush 50 for cleaning the cap of a shoe.

Below the level of 'shaft 49 another transverse shaft 51 is journaled between the side walls 10 and 11 and one of its ends is extended through side wall 11 and carries a sprocket wheel 52 over which a chain 53 is guided which iS also guided over a sprocket wheel 54 on shaft 49. Between the walls 10 and 11 shaft 51 carries a brush 55 for cleaning the front point of a shoe.

The shaft 51 carries also near the inner faces of the side walls 10 and 11 bevel gears 56 and 57 in mesh with bevel gears 58n and 59 on the ends of horizontal shafts 60 and 61 respectively, journaled in suitable windows 62 and 63 in the side walls 11 and 10 respectively. The shafts 60 and 61 carry brushes 64 and 65 for cleaning the welt of the shoe.

A cross or transverse strip 66 connects the side Walls 10 and 11 near the Win dows 37 and 38 respectively and serves to support the foot during the cleaning operation.

Changes may be made inthe general artransversely arranged brushes journaled in said frame for cleaning the heel, sole, upper leather and cap of a shoe, a plurality of longitudinally arranged brushes, .said frame havingtwindow'sin which said longitudinally arranged brushes are journaled for cleaning the welt, a plurality of vertically arranged brushes', Windows in said framein simultaneously from a motor.

Vwhich said vertically arranged brushes are journalled for cleaning the' side of a shoeandf'means'for rotating all of said brushes Y2. A shoe cleaning machine of the class devscribed, comprising a frame adapted to support a shoe, a plurality 'of transverse rollers carryingfbrushes, a pair of bevel gears on one of said'rollers Within said frame, a pair of vertical shafts, windows in said frame in which said pair of vertical shafts are arranged, brushes Von1 said shafts, bevel gears on*v said vertical shafts in mesh with the first named bevelV gears, a plurality of gears,`means for operating said gears to rotate said shafts to"c1eanthe heels, upper, cap and sides of a shoe.

3. A shoe cleaning machine ofthe class described, comprisin a frame, a foot restA in said frame, a vertical post secured to the outside of the frame,'a plurality of transverse rollers journaled in the side Walls of said frame, brushes on said rollers, gears on the outer ends of said rollers, pulleys at the upper and lower ends of said posts, means for rotating said pulley from amotor,

and means for transferring the rotation to said gears for operating said brushes, a rear shaft, a brush on said shaft, means for transferring the rotation of said vrollers to said shaft, and means connected with said rearshaft for cleaning the Welt of'a shoe.

` 4.' A shoecleaning machine of the class described, comprising a frame, 1a plurality of "transverse rollers, jonrnaled in said frame, brushes on said rollers, means for rotating saidjrollers andbrushes, a pair of vertical rollers, Windows in said vframe in In testimony Vwhereof yI have affixed my signature. i

' MIKE BZOWY. 

